Yuan Junjun only learned of Wang Lili's death the next day, the family was talking about it behind their children's backs, he heard it from the mouth of Feng Xiaonan, the child of Uncle Feng's neighbor, yesterday she followed a group of children to play on the mountain and happened to see it, Feng Xiaonan described Wang Lili's death to Yuan Junjun in a matter-of-fact manner, "I told you, don't tell others that I said it, Wang Lili was wearing a big red dress and was lying under the big river where we went together last time, I also caught crabs with you and Xiao Wang in that place, There is also a police uncle who is also there, I heard that Wang Lili was killed by the 28-year-old old bachelor, he is the murderer, I had a nightmare last night, I dreamed that the old bachelor climbed the wall of our house and was beaten away by my father. Feng Xiaonan said as she touched the runny nose with the sleeve of her padded jacket, and the chubby little girl was cute. Yuan Junjun was very surprised, this Wang Lili is no stranger to herself, Zhang Mazi's home is not far from Yuan Junjun's home, there is a river in the middle of Xiaozhaizi Village, which runs through the entire village, dividing Xiaozhaizi Village into two parts, Hexi and Hedong, Yuan Junjun's home is by the river, located in the east of the river, a bridge built by the river is at the door of the house, and Zhang Mazi's home is in the west of the river and Yuan Junjun's home is just across the river. Yuan Junjun, who grew up by the river since he was a child, likes to catch fish and shrimp very much, the water in the river is not very deep, and basically the children in the village will go down to the river to swim in the summer, and Yuan Junjun's dog planing is also learned at this time. Wang Lili is a woman who loves cleanliness, almost every day she will go to the river to wash clothes, pick vegetables, or brush the pots and pans at home, the water in the river is crystal clear, there are a lot of fish and shrimp, Wang Lili, who has no children, whenever she sees Yuan Junjun, a lively and lovely white and pure child, she is happy in her heart, and often calls Yuan Junjun to play by her side, and helps Yuan Junjun catch a few small fish and shrimp with a small bamboo basket, and sometimes goes home to get some fruit biscuits for him to eat. So when Zhang Mazi was alive, Wang Lili was happy, except that she couldn't conceive a child, her life looked peaceful and beautiful. Yuan Junjun's father, Yuan Shizhong, is as his name suggests, loyal and honest, a farmer who does his duty, no scheming, one is one, there is no big rise and drop in life, there is no big fall, it is also a fall, he is busy all year round, after harvesting the grain in the field, he went to the grain management office to pay the public grain, and the rest of the grain is all the rations of the family, although it is a little tight, but the child is not hungry.

When Yuan Junjun ate the biscuits and fruits that Wang Lili took for the first time, the sweet and fragrant taste in his mouth was still engraved in Yuan Junjun's head until many years later, in fact, when Wang Lili took the fruit and biscuits and handed them to Yuan Junjun, Yuan Junjun did not reach out to take them, but shook his two little hands and said in a panic: "Aunt Wang, I don't want it, my mother won't let me take other people's things." Wang Lili's hand did not take back, but said to the lovely child in front of her with a smile on her eyebrows: "I am your aunt, and I am not someone else, why do you still dislike Aunt Wang for giving you delicious food." Yuan Junjun's embarrassed expression was even worse when he heard this, and he stammered and didn't know how to say it, Wang Lili looked at Yuan Junjun's embarrassment and pulled him to her side, and couldn't help but stuff apples and biscuits into his hands, "Eat quickly, it's okay, Aunt Wang until you are an obedient good boy, this is for you." The wall in Yuan Junjun's heart finally collapsed, he had never eaten this kind of biscuit, and he rarely ate apples, and he could only eat a small piece each time, his mother cut an apple into several pieces every time, and no one with his sister could only eat a small piece every time, and the rest had to be put in a plastic bag and waited for tomorrow to eat.

Yuan Junjun took a bite of the apple, as well as half of the biscuits, carefully put them in the pocket that his mother sewed for him in his jacket, raised his head and grinned, and said to Wang Lili: "Aunt Wang, thank you, I will buy delicious food for you to eat when I grow up." "Yuan Junjun's family in the village except for being poor and looked down upon, everything is fine, Wang Lili usually has nothing to do, Zhang Mazi goes out to make money, sometimes a month, sometimes half a year does not go home, many poor people in the village follow Zhang Mazi to go out to work to earn some pocket money to supplement the family, Zhang Lili is not easy for a woman to be at home, sometimes the light bulb is broken, or there is something to do in the field, Li Xiaofeng will shout Yuan Shizhong to go over to give her a busy job.

Wang Lili touched Yuan Junjun's black hair, a little distracted, with slightly fine crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, if she also had a child when she got married, and now she has this child so old, probably not as cute as Junjun, Lao Zhang is a little confused, but he will be very smart, his brain follows his father, and his appearance depends on me, otherwise it will be difficult to find a wife in the future. Yuan Junjun looked up at Wang Lili with his little head up, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously showed a smile, and then turned into a wry smile. As a child, he couldn't understand it. Wang Lili thought it was her own problem at first, and went to the county hospital in private to do an examination, and the test sheet showed that she was very healthy, and Wang Lili who returned home did not tell Zhang Mazi about going for a check-up, she didn't know how to tell Zhang Mazi. What she didn't know was that Zhang Mazi secretly went to the hospital alone for an examination as early as the first year of marriage, and did not tell Wang Liliming after learning that she was congenitally infertile. In this way, the two of them have been married for five years and have avoided the topic of children.

Yuan Junjun came back to his senses from the chaotic thoughts, he wanted to do something for Aunt Wang, he faintly felt that he needed to do something, so Yuan Junjun ran away under Feng Xiaonan's puzzled gaze, and he didn't know where he was going. Jiang Haitao has not been out since yesterday, there are a total of three thatched houses at home, the eldest brother Jiang Guoqing and his sister-in-law live in one, and the furniture in it is also when his parents got married, but a few new bamboo chairs have been added, the three houses are connected to the courtyard wall, and the gate is a fence made of bamboo, Jiang Haitao lives in the west room, his parents are in the middle, and the remaining one is the house of the eldest brother and sister-in-law. Walking into Jiang Haitao's house, there is only two-thirds of the height of the north wall in the dim house, there is a small light-transmitting window, there is a wooden bed on the west side, the bed is messy with some books and heavy old-fashioned lotus quilts, there is a single table used in school on the left side of the bed, a chair, on the chair is a thin young man, with an angular face, eyes looking at the moss on the steps of the door, the snow outside has stopped, the sun shines into the room like a lamp beam, the eyebrows are very thick, and the eyes seem to hide endless sadness, the beard stubble has grown a little and looks a little haggard. The people in the village did not have a good impression of Jiang Haitao, because he was the only high-achieving student in the village who had gone to high school and was admitted to university, but he went home to farm. He has also been used as a negative teaching material, and has been repeatedly used as a talking point by the villagers, and he is stupid in school. Jiang Haitao's introverted personality also made this small feudal village more authenticated in judging him, this is his label.

Jiang Haitao graduated and went home about half a year after Zhang Mazi's death, Jiang Haitao was not impressed by Zhang Mazi's family, until he met Wang Lili for the first time after graduation, Jiang Haitao was attracted by Wang Lili's unique intellectual charm. Wang Lili likes to read, and her family is patriarchal, so Wang Lili only went to junior high school and returned home. But she didn't leave behind her habit of reading, and later married Zhang Mazi like reading books, and Zhang Mazi was 12 points satisfied with his wife. Jiang Haitao has fallen in love with Wang Lili since Zhang Mazi's wedding day, but this love came too late, and he was already a wife, so he had to hide his love in the deepest part of his heart.

After hearing the news of Zhang Mazi's death, Jiang Haitao was at a loss, his heart was surging, he thought that Wang Lili, who had suffered this accident, must be heartbroken at this time, whether a woman's family could bear it, he was distressed to death. On the one hand, I couldn't hold back my beating heart, Wang Lili was finally single, and I, Jiang Haitao, finally had a chance. After that, Jiang Haitao visited Wang Lili from time to time, Wang Lili didn't pay much attention to this relative who was 4 years younger than herself at first, and was immersed in the grief of losing her husband all day long.

Jiang Haitao went to the well and pond by the river every day to fill the water and send it to Wang Lili's house, and gave her the best and fattest vegetables in the vegetable garden. Facing the white eyes of the people in the village, Wang Lili was like a sharp back. She told Jiang Haitao more than once that he would not come again, and she would not consider this aspect for the time being. Jiang Haitao would reply to her with a serious and solemn face every time: "I don't care what others say, I just want to be good to you, I can do what Zhang Mazi can do, although my family is poor, and the people in the village have always said that I am stupid to study, but I will treat you well, I am not stupid, I can work." Wang Lili looked at Jiang Haitao and thought to herself: "I don't know how good you are, you are a good young man, but I am not worthy of you, not to mention that my man is dead, and I am related to you, how can I do it, I really have to ignore this worldly gaze and ask myself if I can't do it." ”

The change in the relationship between Wang Lili and Jiang Haitao In the summer of a year later, many men in the village have found Wang Lili, a married man, not doing a good job, and an old bachelor, all coveting Wang Lili's beauty, Wang Lili's reputation also deteriorated at this time, and gradually the people who hit the wall did not come, only Jiang Haitao has been by her side, Jiang Haitao knows that Wang Lili likes to read and write, so he often goes to the county library to borrow books to Wang Lili. On a Friday in late July, on a very hot day, Jiang Haitao wanted to go to Wang Lili's house after dinner, and asked her if she had finished reading the book "Lady of the Camellias" that she showed her last time. Walking up along the river, I saw a child with bare feet pouting and catching fish in the water, this child is Yuan Junjun, since Zhang Mazi died, Yuan Junjun knew that Aunt Wang was bored at home alone, so he often called Wang Lili to come out to help him catch fish. Jiang Haitao also likes this child very much, I heard Wang Lili say that every time he gives Yuan Junjun snacks, he keeps half of them and waits for his sister to go home and give them to his sister to eat, he never eats alone, such a child is loving and lovable. Every time Wang Lili said this, she was a little sad. Jiang Haitao and Wang Lili have also thought about it, and after a long time, they will even go to get the certificate and have a cute child.

seems to have been accustomed to Jiang Haitao's arrival, although the two of them did not behave excessively, but the two had already understood each other in their hearts, but the time was wrong. Wang Lili was cooking, Jiang Haitao shouted and walked in, Wang Lili said to Jiang Haitao: "You are here, it just so happens that there are several bags of wheat on top of the wheat vat in my house, I can't reach you to help me pull a bag down, there is no noodles at home, and I am going to change some noodles tomorrow." "Where is it, isn't it in the room on the left" Wang Lili came out of the kitchen and wiped her hands with her apron, "Come and I'll come with you, you take the stool in the hall, otherwise you won't be able to reach it." Standing on the stool, Jiang Haitao pulled up a bag of wheat and pulled it out, because there was a protrusion on the outer edge of the tank, the wheat in the bag was stuck at the bottom, Jiang Haitao slipped and fell down, Wang Lili, who was standing next to him, hurriedly stepped forward and wanted to help her, how could a woman have the strength to be pressed under Jiang Haitao in a blink of an eye.